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The haft-sin table displays elaborately show 7 items beginning with the "s' sound and 7 beginning with the "sh" sound, all symbolizing various well wishes for the new year.

Sp-ringing in the New Year

Celebrating holidays internationally is always a blast—and Persian New Year is no exception. 
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Men and women sit together on a bench in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Struggle for Feminism in the Middle East

Taylor learns that gender equality is subjective to where you are in the world, not who you are. 
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How I Came to Possess a Magic Passport

How I Came to Possess a Magic Passport

Taylor learns why you should never take your passport for granted.
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The Hardest Travel Lesson is Learning to Say Goodbye

The Hardest Travel Lesson is Learning to Say Goodbye

Settling in abroad may not be mutually exclusive with routine. Taylor explains why.
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Lessons of Marathon Training in a Muslim Society

Lessons of Marathon Training in a Muslim Society

How training for a half marathon—by not training—teaches Taylor about adjusting to a new culture.   
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Painting the Future in a Syrian Refugee Camp

Painting the Future in a Syrian Refugee Camp

Volunteering with a project that turns refugee girls' drawings into murals.
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Overcoming Your Work Abroad Fears

Overcoming Your Work Abroad Fears

There's no greater barrier to travel than self-doubt. How to deal with uncertainty—even if you're headed to Iraq.
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Alexandre Trudeau Gets Down to Basics

Alexandre Trudeau Gets Down to Basics

Why young people need to experience the world firsthand.
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Solo in the Hot Zone: Backpack Journalists

Solo in the Hot Zone: Backpack Journalists

War reporting for the plugged-in generation.  It’s fast, mobile and to the point. It’s also deadly serious.
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The World's Most Dangerous Places

The World's Most Dangerous Places

Robert Young Pelton has found his way into, and out of, more conflict zones than most can name. 
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Médecins Sans Frontières: First In, Last Out

Young Canadian volunteers with Médicins Sans Frontières talk about braving some of the world's worst conflict zones to deliver help where it's desperately needed.
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Bigger and Better: An International Trading Game

Toilet rolls, poisoned darts and Dead Sea muck: Humanitarian NGO volunteer, Verge correspondent and veteran traveller Mike Fuchigami on his version of international trade.
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